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Separate but Equal Homer Plessy boards a
railroad car reserved for whites◦ He was 1/8 black
Arrested for not moving 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson
◦ Supreme Court decided that the 14th Amendment was not violated because while facilities were separated, they were equal
Plessy v. Ferguson - 1896
Jim Crow laws are created◦Legalization of racial discrimination.
Separate but Equal
Brown v. Board of Education – Topeka (1954)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g
The Brown family sued the school district – Starts the Civil Rights Movement
Supreme Court: segregation by race in schools is unconstitutional
Ordered desegregation to begin 1955
Rosa Parks
1955-1956 Civil Rights activist Woman Refused to give up
her seat Started non-violent
protest 1956 the US
supreme court bans bus segregation
Montgomery Bus Boycott(1955-56) -- 382 days
Non – violent protest--- Martin Luther King Jr..
U.S. Supreme Court bans bus
segregation
Rosa Parks
Little Rock High School - 1957
• Ernest Green – “Little Rock Nine”
• Governor Orval Faubus - Arkansas
• President Eisenhower – Sends Federal Troops
